Indo-US woman found shot in the head

18 year-old Seema Singh was shot in the head, and found alone in a car that had crashed into a roadside pole in Pao Alto, San Francisco.

An 18-year-old Indian American woman in California, found shot dead in her car, has become the latest victim of what police suspect is a gang-related crime.

Seema Singh, 18, was shot in the head and found alone in a car that had crashed into a roadside pole Monday night in the city of Palo Alto in the San Francisco Bay Area, reports said.

According to a report in Insidebayarea.com, medical personnel administered first aid to Singh, who was pronounced dead at the scene. However, upon further examination of Singh's body, police discovered that she had been shot in the head.

East Palo Alto police officer Tom Alipio said Singh was probably shot while in her car.

According to another report in CBS 5 news channel's website, this is the third homicide in eastern Palo Alto this year, after police had reported a general reduction in crime in the city.

Last Sunday, a 13-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man became victims of a fatal double shooting.